Inundated with complaints, Tesla created “Diversion Team” to cancel appointments.

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    1 year ago

    In the article they talk about range estimates done by car itself. So you are driving and thinking you have 50 miles, while actually only 30 miles left.

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      1 year ago

      Not a Tesla fanboy but just noting EV range in general can be quite hard to predict - there’s a huge drop off in efficiency at higher speeds, so driving through town I may get 350 mi range on my 300 mi rated EV6, but on the freeway at 75+ mph, I probably get less than 250.

      Not surprised Tesla exaggerates their range though. YMMV.

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        1 year ago

        Some people would probably complain if they had a 100mile trip up a mountain pass and it took more than 100 miles of energy.

        At least when you plan a route the % indicator takes that into account vs a plain estimation.

        My best trip once going up a pass was around 70km of the reading staying within 1 or 2km the entire time when going down it.

        But ya there’s so many variables. But if they were fudging calculations that’d be bad.